European route E16

E16
E16
Major junctions
West end	Derry (Northern Ireland)
East end	Gävle (Sweden)
Location
Countries	Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden
Highway system
	International E-road network; A Class; B Class;

54°59′38″N 7°19′34″W / 54.994°N 7.326°W / 54.994; -7.326

European route E 16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel, Lærdal, through the Lærdal Tunnel, over Filefjell to Fagernes, Hønefoss, Sandvika and Kongsvinger. It also passes Malung, Falun and ends in Gävle, Sweden.^[1]

In Northern Ireland, it follows the A6 from Derry to Randalstown, then the M22 and M2 to Belfast. In Scotland it follows the A8 from Greenock, then the M8 from Bishopton through Glasgow to Edinburgh (using the A8 again for the section between junctions 8 and 6 of the M8).

The E16 is the main road between Norway's two largest cities Oslo and Bergen, and the only mountain pass between Oslo and Bergen that is rarely closed due to snowstorms and blizzards. Outside winter is road 7 at least as popular between Oslo and Bergen, since it is shorter. In 2011 it was decided to extend E16 from the Oslo region eastwards through Kongsvinger, Torsby, Malung, Borlänge to Gävle in Sweden.^[2]^[3] The signposting will take place spring 2012.

E16 meets the E01 and E18 in Belfast, the E5 in Glasgow, the E15 in Edinburgh, the European route E39 in Bergen, and finally the E18 again in Sandvika. After the extension it meets the European route E6 in Gardermoen, European route E45 between Torsby and Malung, and European route E4 in Gävle.